Hammer attachment.



y G. W.y ANSLBY. HAMMER ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED OGT- 4, 1911.

1,0171491. Y Pat/1 .111161. 13, 1912.

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GEORGE W. A-NSLEY, 0F SPOKANE, WASHNGTON HAMMER ATTACHMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Grosor. lV. ANSLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spokane, in the county of Spokane and State of Washington,have invented certain new and lisetul Improvements in HammerAttachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as willenable othersskilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in nail extractingdevices for attachment to hammers, etc., and consists in the provisionessentially of a hammer head having a slot therein with inclined wallsin which the shankl portions of claw members are adapted to be pivotallymounted and so arranged that, when the claws are brought into engagementwith a nail and the handle of the hammer thrown in the act ot' drai. ingthe nail, the jaws will be caused to securely clamp the nail and extractthe same. l l

The' invention comprises various details of construction andcombinationsand arrangements of parts which will be`hereinafter fully described,shown in the accompanying dra-wings and then specifically delined in theappended claims.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings, in which Figurel is a side elevation. Fig.V 2 is a View showing the claws removed. Fig.3 is a detail perspective of the claws, and Fig. 4: is an end viewshowing the claws held together. Fig. 5 is a bottom plan View of thedevice.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, 'Adesignates the hammer head having a socket portion B. Said head isprovided with a slot D, the opposite walls D of which are inclined toeach other. Said walls are apertured at F, and H, H designate two jaws,each having a shank portion K, the outer-faces of which K- are inclinedand terminating in shoulders L. Said sha-nk portions are apertured at 0for the reception of the pin which is adapted to be passed throughregistering apertures in the walls of the head and said shank portionand forming a pivotal conspecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 4, 1911.

Patented Feb. i3, 1912.

Serial No. 652,892.

nection between the jaws and head. The

adjacent faces of each jaw are provided with serrations Q and said edgesare inclined.

S is a spring arranged to press the jaws outward in the slot.

When the parts are adjusted in place, the jaws of the hammer are placedon either side of the nail and made to contact therewith and, when thehandle of the hammer is swung in one direction, it is adapted to causethe inclined faces ofthe jaws to have ya wedging action against theinclined'walls of the slot, thereby throwing the serrated edges of thejaws rictionally against the nail and gripping the same securely. Areverse movement to the handle will cause the jaws to release their gripupon the nail. By the provision of a hammer made in accordance with myinvention, it will be noted that a simple and efficient means is adordedwhereby a nail may be securely and positively gripped to hold the nailwhile being extracted and easily and conveniently released when the nailis withdrawn.

Attention is called to the fact that the free exposed ends of the jawspermit them to engage a nail placed adjacent a perpendicular surface asat a corner of a room which they could not it the slotted head projectedbeyond thejaws. The extension of the jaws inward beyond the nailengaging hollow portion .thereof lessens the leverage upon the pivot ofthe tilting out ac-l tion ,of the jaws in drawing a nail. Whatl claim tobe new is 1. L nail extracting'device having a head with a curved'ulcrum forming surface hav-l ing a slot running in from one end, jawshaving reduced portions or arms pivoted to said head and each other attheir inner ends at the inner end of said slot, the body, of

ing a slot running in from one end, inzws hnying reduced portions or mnspiyotd to said hood sind euch other at then innei1 ends at the inner endof said siot, the 1ooly of said jaws extending from the end -Of the bendand forming nail drawing claws with exposed free ends, the outer facesof said jaws and the Walls of said slot being inclined so that outwardmovement of thejws through the slot 'tends to press the jews toward euchother, the inner faoes of the norme-i Cian' part of die jow beingholiowed ont ie forni nail pinching edges which do not eri"- tend anysubstantial diszlnee into Une sieb of the head, and :L spx-ing tendingto prese the jaws outward in the slot.

l n testimony whereof I hereumo znLHX my signature in the presence oftwo Witnesses.

f GEORGE W. ANSLEY. l

'Vinesses f5. HASH, W. J. LAYMAN.

